Summer Is the Most Dangerous Time for a Child to Be Injured or Sustain a Trauma
Summer is upon us and as an experienced Philadelphia personal injury and Pennsylvania car accident attorney since 1979, we have seen an increase in claims involving children when school season is over. Children are typically injured in bicycle accidents, swimming pool accidents, and car accidents while being transported to camps or summer programs. As a matter of fact in 2008 the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 9.2 million children had visited emergency rooms for unintentional non-abuse injuries during the summer season. Accidents are one of the leading causes of death among children with approximately 12,000 fatalities a year.
Parents and physicians normally concern themselves with the objective physical injuries. As an experienced Philadelphia car accident attorney, I have seen and investigated situations involving post-traumatic stress in families of children who have been in car accidents. Typically the symptoms happen after traditional trauma care when the children return to their homes from the emergency room or hospital and begin to have nightmares.
The accidents that typically kill young children are car accidents and drownings. I recommend the website maintained by the CDC Injury Center for suggestions on keeping your family safe (cdc.gov/injury/podcast.html#hrs). Every parent has an obligation to protect their child from dangerous injuries. Some steps to be observed are parental supervision at swimming pools, use of seat belts in vehicles, and in this experienced car accident lawyers opinion, keeping your children out of 15-passenger vans while being transported to camp or summertime activities.
If you or a loved one has been involved in a car accident, swimming pool accident, or other trauma inducing incident, please feel free to contact one of our experienced Pennsylvania car accident and injury lawyers for a free, no obligation consultation at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com.